Agile + DevOps East 2022 Concurrent Session : Engaging the Hive Mind Through Swarm Test Planning

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Thursday, November 10, 2022 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Engaging the Hive Mind Through Swarm Test Planning

Are you looking for more ways to shift quality to the left? Do you wish your team was more proactive and less reactive when it comes to quality? Do you rely on a single QA or developer to come up with all of the test cases on their own?

We know that from concepts similar to Mob Programming, the collective mind can often be more effective than any one individual. Applying this principle to testing, we introduce the practice of Swarm Test Planning.

In this session we will teach the concept of Swarm Test Planning, using structured brainstorming and heuristic categorization to produce a comprehensive test plan in the span of 30-45 minutes. Audience participation is encouraged as we rapidly build a test plan around a well-known feature. Following this exercise we will define and apply a practice known as Test Pyramid Analysis to help us determine where in the test pyramid our test cases should live.

The end result will be a thorough plan for automated and manual coverage, better understanding of the feature design, and a collaborative tool you can bring back to your agile teams!

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Tom Cornelius has built a 20-year career in software, with stops at companies such as Microsoft, Tableau, and now Outreach, where he leads the Test Organization. From early on, Tom was drawn to the joys of software testing, building expertise in the field. He enjoys growing teams and teaching quality practices, and he values processes that emphasize collaboration and agility. He believes that the best outcomes come from a blend of data and human understanding, and applying patterns of learnings to our every day work.